Development of a Model for Enhancing Teachers’ Competencies at Schools under the Saint Gabriel’s Foundation, Thailand.
Keywords:
Teachers’ Competencies, Model, Professional Development, Technology Integration, Saint Gabriel’s FoundationAbstract
This study aims to develop and validate a model for enhancing teachers’ competencies at schools under the Saint Gabriel’s Foundation, Thailand. The research methods applied both qualitative and quantitative approaches to achieve the four objectives. Objective 1, to explore teachers’ competencies needed for teachers at the school level by using systematic review method to the sources from Southeast Asia Teachers Competency Framework (SEAMEO INNOTECH, 2018) and 20 studies on teachers’ competencies, the results showed five dimensions of teachers’ competencies including content knowledge, pedagogy, community engagement, professional skills, and technological proficiency. Objective 2, to identify the needs for enhancing teachers’ competencies, questionnaire were distributed to the 582 teachers across nine schools under the Saint Gabriel’s Foundation, Mean, Standard Deviation, and PNImodified were used for data analysis the needs for enhancing teachers’ competencies to indicate the priority for improvement, the results as ranks are technological competencies (PNImodified=0.044), community engagement (PNImodified=0.043), pedagogy (PNImodified=0.042), professional competencies (PNImodified=0.039) and content knowledge and curriculum (PNImodified=0.032) respectively. Objective 3, to develop a model for enhancing teachers’ competencies by considering the priority needs from teachers and activities were designed based on the professional development process (Guskey, 2002) for the model. Objective 4, to validate the model through the 15 experts in reviewing and approving the appropriateness of the model. Hence, the final model provides a comprehensive and scalable framework for teacher competencies that integrate with technology, interdisciplinary teaching, and school-community collaboration to improve teacher effectiveness and student learning outcomes, fostering sustainable professional growth in Saint Gabriel’s Foundation schools.
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